- KELP-FM
Infobox Radio station
name = KELP-FM
city = Mesquite,New Mexico
area =El Paso, Texas /Las Cruces, New Mexico
branding =
slogan = "Reaching Families and Changing Lives through Jesus Christ"
airdate =
frequency = 89.3 MHz
format = Christian
erp = 3,000watt s
haat = 56meter s
class = A
facility_id = 93942
coordinates = coord|32|05|05|N|106|44|01|W
callsign_meaning = EL Paso
former_callsigns =
owner = Sky High Broadcasting, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast = [http://kelp.streamonfiber.com/player/java/index.php?username=kelp&stream=44k Listen Live]
website = http://www.kelpradio.com/
affiliations =KELP-FM (89.3 FM) is a
radio station licensed to serveMesquite, New Mexico , although the station's A-grade service contour covers almost the entire city ofLas Cruces, New Mexico . The station is owned by Sky High Broadcasting, Inc. It airs aChristian radio format featuring a mix of local and syndicated programming. [ cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?srvy_id=WI08&surveyID=WI08&band=fm&callLetter=KELP |title=Winter 2008 Station Information Profile]History
The station was initially applied for by brothers Keith Leitch and Kenneth Leitch, under their non-profit organization, Sky High Broadcasting. Keith was an intern for a local broadcast engineer in
El Paso, Texas , Pete E. Meryl Warren III, the founder of KCIK-TV Channel 14 (nowKFOX-TV ) and KJLF-TV Channel 65 (nowKTFN ). The intent was for the station to be manned by, and the programming to be provided by, Christian students atNew Mexico State University , the Leitch brother's Alma Mater. However, broadcast stations within the U.S./Mexico border zone are subject to approval by the government of Mexico, and the Leitch brothers had left the area by the time the station was approved by theFCC and Mexican authorities.Arnie McClatchey, the owner of KELP, and KROL (now
KXPZ , after being sold by Mr. McClatchey and undergoing a format change), was appointed to the board of directors as the head of the board of Sky High Broadcasting, due to his expertise in Christian broadcasting in the local market, and oversaw getting the station on the air.The station was assigned the KELP-FM call letters by the
Federal Communications Commission onApril 11 ,2001 .cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=93942&Callsign=KELP-FM |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database]Translators
RadioTranslators
callsign =
call1 = K227BA
freq1 = 93.3 FM
watts1 = 8
class1 =
city1 = Truth or Consequences, NMRadioTranslators
callsign =
call1 = K240DT
freq1 = 95.9 FM
watts1 = 10
class1 =
city1 = El Paso, TXReferences
External links
* [http://www.kelpradio.com/ KELP-FM official website]
*FMQ|KELP
*FML|KELP
*FMARB|KELP
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